New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26
YALE FRESHMEN WINNERS.
AN EASY VICTORY OVER PENNSYLVANIA
Rad STEERING INCREASES THE TINE OF THE DE-
FrATPD CREW.

BAD STEERING INCREASES THE TINE OF THE DE-
FEATED CREW.
Ngw-LoxpoN June 25 Special. "A short race well
towed Is pretty sight The YalePennsylvsnia fresh
man race to-day possessed both these qualifications ls
interest depended solely them, for there was no OK
element Coxswain Thompson put the eight you'ni,i
wearers the blue straight downt the two miles OF
water right to the finish flag, while the amiaoie 'e
who steercd the Pennsylvania boys wandered from He
path of rectude and the Quaker City oarsmen cnurhed
nm the pacd surface the Thames at various distances
I'm the rear Yale went down tho two miles In 300
Peppsylyania came tumbling after in l02s1 The iae
crew were scarcely blown at all Punctuaiity Is not
among the virtues developed by course OF ooatrace
trimming The eighth wonder OF the world should "
ever occur would be college boat race that comes on
on time The Yale launch with the freshmen on board
came down early. The Mantle, chartered oy the rem
sylvana men, brought down their crew and soon DON
crews were In their boats padding about The steamers
coming ND from New-London with sghtseers on board
disturbed the water and delayed the start While crus
ing about Coxswain Thompson who stored the varsity
eight straight victory yesterday, broke the rudder
post Geographic series OF toots from the Whiste OF
the steamer Osprey conveyed the customary
Of postponement The steamers tied up to the Navy
Yard wharf and their took their ves in their
hands and ventured tho shaky structure The crews
also landed there, while the Yale shell was
towed up to Gales Ferry for repairs 1t
took moro than hour. Meanwhile the contestants
and spectators promenaded up and down the wharf,
lodging the holes.
At7p m the crews were again In their boats, lying
on the starting line At 7:04 o'clock Referee William
White got Thorn arranged his satisfaction and gave
the word The sixteen oars caught the water with .
common splash The light shell Of the Yale Grew eaped
forward as eight sturdy backs Strengthened HARRISON
set stroke Of SO to the minute and they were Of row.
ing like slightly reduced copy Of the Yale crew that
went the course yesterday
The Philadelphia coilegians also copied after their
VARSITY eight simple fact that the Yale men copied
virtues and the Pennsyvanias copied faults carried the
blue tho front at Diggles OF the Pennsyuana
crew, also set the stroke at SO, but evidently Do
coming disheartened, dropped to so and kept 1t
there till furried aemps at squirt on the last half
mile carried up several points. Yale had the east
course and varied hairs breadth from the straight
and narrow way. Kushida, tho Oriental coxswain OF
the betrayed an evident intention to
run Jacobs Rock which rears its head In the cove
above wnthrops Point BE changed his mind and set
his bow toward the finish flag but only after no had got
over to tho west OF his where the tide that was
showing the Yale eight on TO victory was much less
The of 80 from Yale Yale, pulled as pretty
sss q e.: !sss Sss
his oar app'a along sSo 1Rs
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sSafaSisisaS sshayis Of rowing Yale Pale
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hs OSwSg time; G' 22 arsl %
came in eight nine lengths behind with this record
First hafnile. 1892 first mile. 512; third halfmie,
7:23; finish l02Si9- The Pennsylvania crews piueklly
their intention Of keeping at this thing until they
make a better showing. . . ,
While the boats waiting at the Navy Yard. the
Columbia and Harvard Fights went down pulling an easy
even stroke without the slightest trace OF spashing
The Harvard freshmen also went down to see their
brethren OF Yale and Pennsylvania go by The
Yale freshman thought by experts TO be the best
freshman crew any college put out and Is great
pity that the narrow policy OF Harvards boating author
tiles kept her freshmen this year from accepting the ehs
lenge OF the freshmen from New Haven The Yale fresh
men will remain in training till tomorrow night, and II
the Harvard OF 80 want TO try the question OF supe
riory Captain James expresses his willingness TO try
conclusions with them week. The crews were listed
ms follows: